computery bits

is a kit for building computers.

But how? And what does that mean?

With our timer, we’ve shown we can create complex behaviour out of some simple patterns. But this seems a long way away from actually building a computer.

In this sequence of tutorials, we’re going to explore some theory to help us understand what computers are, and how their building blocks — bits — actually work.

start
page 1
what is a computer?
page 2
output
page 3
marbles and holes
page 4
logic gates
page 5
OR gate
page 6
XOR Gate
page 7
NOT gate
page 8
lateral encoding
page 9
more on encodings
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